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Daily Archives: October 3, 2018

SINGAPORE shares shut higher on Wednesday, with the Straits Times Index up 0.8 for each penny or 24.75 focuses to close at 3,267.4.

Around 1.55 billion offers worth S$907 million altogether changed hands, which worked out to a normal unit cost of S$0.58 per share.

Gainers dwarfed failures 229 to 155.

The most effectively exchanged stock was SinoCloud Group, which fell S$0.001 to S$0.001 with 151 million offers evolving hands.

Different actives included ThaiBev and Golden Agri-Resources.

Singapore’s Equis Group appoints Damian Secen as partner

Singapore-headquartered Asia-centered foundation private value supervisor Equis Group has delegated previous senior overseeing executive of Macquarie’s framework division DamianSecen as accomplice, it reported in a discharge. Secen has put in near 18 years at Macquarie working in their foundation assets and warning organizations in Australia, Europe, Asia and North America. Most as of late, he drove the framework and genuine resources group situated in New York. Before that, he was head of foundation and utilities for the Australian market. “We are pleased that Damian has consented to join Equis.

He brings an abundance of framework and assets administration involvement in both created and creating markets,” said David Russell, Partner and Co-Founder of Equis remarked. As of late, Equis Group likewise enlisted another accomplice, Mark Warner, to assume responsibility of administration elements of Equis, essentially raising support. Equis centers around creating and overseeing vitality and foundation resources through Equis-controlled neighborhood improvement, development, administration and operational groups.

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INTERNATIONAL COMEX NEWS

OPEC delivered only a limited increase in oil production in September, a Reuters survey has found, as a cut in Iranian shipments due to U.S. sanctions offset higher output in Libya, Saudi Arabia and Angola. The 15-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries pumped 32.85 million barrels per day in September, the survey on Monday found, up 90,000 bpd from August’s revised level and the highest this year.

Husky Energy Inc’s (TO:HSE) hostile bid for MEG Energy Corp (TO:MEG) reflects the need for Canadian oil companies to own integrated assets, from production to refineries, to manage the deep price discounts on Canadian crude, Husky’s chief executive said on Monday. Husky’s cash and stock offer, announced on Sunday, would combine MEG’s heavy oil production with Husky’s output, pipeline space and refineries, in a deal valued at C$6.4 billion.

China will cut import tariffs on textile products and metals, including steel products, to 8.4 percent from 11.5 percent, effective Nov. 1, the finance ministry said on Sunday. Beijing has pledged to take steps to increase imports this year amid rising tension with some of its biggest trade partners, such as the United States. Earlier in July, China reduced import tariffs on a range of consumer items including apparel, cosmetics, home appliances, and fitness products to fulfil pledges to further open China’s consumer market.

ECONOMY NEWS

Qatar has started proceedings against Saudi Arabia at the World Trade Organization (WTO), accusing it of intellectual property rights violations, Qatar’s economy ministry said on Monday. Part of Qatar’s concerns involve the blocking of Qatari broadcaster beIN in Saudi Arabia, the ministry said on its website, and accused Riyadh of refusing to take effective action against the piracy of beIN content in the kingdom.

Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria said on Monday he would seek to reassure his euro zone counterparts about Italy’s budgetary plans, adding that the country’s debt to GDP ratio will decline. “I will try to explain what is happening and our budgetary plans,” Tria told reporters. Asked about Italy’s budget debt, he replied: “Debt to GDP will go down.”

The Conservatives are meeting for day two of their annual conference in Birmingham, with the party divided on Theresa May’s blueprint for Brexit. Large parts of it have also been rejected by the European Union and according to a senior British official, the government is preparing to make a significant offer to the bloc to try to unlock negotiations.